Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-27
HON. SAM CAREY
TELLS THE PEOPLE OF BRIDGEPORT 4 FEW
THINGS ABOUT
The Coming Election and the Republican Party
Foraker and His Political Capital-MrS
Cleveland Commended.

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His hair though white with age, remains
thick On his head, and his noble brow
bulges out above his eyebrows. His car
riage is that of one who feels he is in the
right, and his delivery is something re-
markable in one so old, and who would
be supposed to feel some of the infrmities
Of age. He spoke in the interest of
Democracy over in Bridgeport Last night,
and held an audience composed in the
main of members of other parties till his
last utterance had died away, and he was
shaken by the hand by members of both
parties, all apparently wishing to ac-
knowledge his ability.
Mr.. Carey was the guest of Senator
David Wagner, of West Wheeling, at tea,
and met number of leading party men in
the afternoon. After tea he was escorted
to the residence of DR.. John Cooke, in
Bridgeport, where he chatted with friends
till 7:45, when the Union Cornet Band, of
IEtnaville, called and accompanied him to
Heinlein's Hall, where a small crowd had
already collected in anticipation of Mr.
Carey's coming. Before he commenced to
speak, however, the hall was well filled
and principally with Republicans.
THE STAGE
was occupied by Messrs. r. B. Mitchell,
ia Dou,;o Dn,,;a roo
Col. Robert White, Hon. David Wagner
and DR.. John Cooke.
K. B. Mitchell CALLED the assembly
to order, and named George c. Mckee
for chairman. He was unanimously
chosen, and came to the front and ad-
dressed few pointed remarks to the au-
dience, urging the Democrats to stick to-
gether at the coming election, and calling
attention to the important effect of 0hios
action this fall upon the coming Presiden-
tial struggle. He introduced the orator of
the evening as Hon. SamuelCarey, of Gin.
cinnati, the champion of labor and the
champion of the poor mans rights and
privileges.
Mr. Carey said: 81 would like for every
man present to fOeget that he ever be-
longed to political party, but that is no
doubt impossible, for party harness hang
close. You see an old man walk up
and cast Democratic ticket, hut
still unable to assign any reas-
on except that his father
was Democrat. You see Republican
do the same and give no reason except that
he helped to form the party, and rocked it
in its cradle, and that he will always stand
by it through thick or thin, right or
wrong. But every man in Lincoln's orig
inal Cabinet lived to turn his back upon
the party except old Cameron, of Penn
sylvania, and he was kicked out for steal
ing"
The first matter discussed was the man
ner in which the parties prominent in pol
itics during the past quarter of a century
have handled the public domain. He felt
positive that there is room for a thousand
States in this country, and that stars
would be added to the old flag till the
whole blue groundwork would be filed
and the aggregation make
ONE GREAT SUN.
No public domains were given away by
tie Democratic party except to schools
and for public improvements owned by
the States or Government. The Repub-
licans gave away 5000, 600 acres of land 10
corporation composed of only forty men,
and the Democratic party in two and one
half years has reclaimed 100, 600, 600 acres
and opened up homes to actual settlers.
Think Of half a dozen English syndicates
owning more land than is comprised in
the whole State of Ohio. Think Of thirty
| five miles of wire fence on one farm. If
our boys want to 90 to Texas, they may
go there and become cowboys for an Eng
lish nObleman. Just in proportion as
people own their own homes, so will lib
erty exist.
A prominent metropolitan Republican
peper said editorially a short time since
that nearly all the small farmers in the
West and Northwest had their farms
mortgaged and lacked the funds necessary
to purchase fertilizers and machinery
necessary to successfully work these farms.
This paper commented on what an excel
lent opportunity this presented for capital.
lists to purchase these farms and rent them
to their present pOssessors and establish
the tenant farming system 80 successfully
operated in Great Britain. How is that
Tor Republican scheme? Are the farm.
eIs getting rich? II they are, they are do
ing so at the expense of their backs, their
bellies, or their neighbors. Some men
would get rich if they made but two
nickels day. One would 90 down into
the pocket, and as it went you can hear il
repeat part of that old Methodist refrain,
Farewell, vain world, I'm going home"
The farmer takes three or four
NUBBINs OF CORN
under his seat, when he goes to town, and
drives into an alley or vacant lot and
feeds his horse out of the end Of the wagon,
and purchases few cents worth Of crack.
ers and cheese to nibble at till he gets
home He can't 90 to hotel and get a
square meal; it costs too much.
In speaking of the tariff he said it il
possible to stimulate a thing too much An
industry is Just like an individual. Give
a man a few drinks Of good Democratic
whisky and he is as rich as Cresus, and
can sing Home, Sweet Home" without 4
home. He can lick his weight in wild
cats. Keep the thing up a few days and
he is as weak rs child and poorer than
the last heir of Lazarus.
Concerning the navy, he said the Re
publicans had spent SIS, 900, 900 on a navy
and to-day we haven't single war shiI
which can either fight or run. Concern
ing some appropriations, there have beer
appropriations made to improve river
where a cow would famish in August
Why, once>a civil engineer was sent TO se'
the amount of improvement needed on {
certain stream. He drove his staff dow
into the stream, aud upon pulling it on
the water all ran into the hole
Concerning Foraker, he said he haf
lived under thirty governors in Ohio, ant
never before was he ashamed to tell peopl
away from home who was the governor o
the State. Foraker is going about th,
State making political capital ont Of hi
being srubbed. If man called NE do
and my wife did not snub him, would a
once apply for divorce. If
MRS. CLEVELAND
snubbed him, commend her for it; ant
if she did not, she should have done 30.
'In opposition to Foraker we have gen